in the dark
Example Sentences
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We’re fighting a society that wants to keep our work in the dark, to pretend that this isn’t happening, that it can be abolished by throwing people into prison.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
These are matters of the heart that can only be felt in the dark of the theater, watching such wonderfully realized characters weigh the cost of loving their work in a world that scarcely reciprocates.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
Perhaps they’re aquatic organisms—otherworldly cephalopods—that thrive in the dark seas of the outer solar system’s icy moons.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
A video of the wolf scampering on a road in the dark, illuminated by the headlights of a vehicle, was also uploaded on social media.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The walls of both were gleaming with a strange white-blue fungus that shone in the dark.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
